Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Alan Byron
2018-10-26


8.7
85 min

The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.

Cast

Name Character Team
Anatoli Karpov self Unowned
Viktor Korchnoi self Unowned
Garry Kasparov self Unowned
Viswanathan Anand self Unowned